學測考點
stunt
「特技」:stunt person 是特技替身(a stunt person is a man or a woman who performs dangerous acts)
學測原句
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 1 段A stunt person is a man or a woman who performs dangerous acts, usually in the television or movie industry.特技演員是執行危險動作的男性或女性,通常在電視或電影業工作。
- stunt person:「特技演員」
- act:這裡是名詞,「動作」
- industry:「產業」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段Stunt work emerged out of necessity over time.特技工作是隨著時間,因需求而出現的。
- emerge out of necessity:「因需要而出現」
- over time:「隨著時間」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 4 段So the stunt industry is probably in no immediate danger of dying off.所以特技產業大概不會馬上面臨消失的危險。
- in no immediate danger:「沒有立即的危險」
- die off:「逐漸消失」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段There were, however, no professional crew members to perform impressive stunts at that time.不過,當時沒有專業的工作人員來表演驚人的特技。
- crew member:「工作人員」
- stunt:這裡是名詞,「特技」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 3 段The 1960s and '70s witnessed the development of most modern stunt technology, like air rams and bullet squibs.1960 和 70 年代見證了大部分現代特技技術的發展,例如氣動彈射裝置和子彈爆裂裝置。
- witness:這裡主詞是年代,「見證到(這段期間出現了…)」
- '70s:1970 年代的縮寫
- air ram:「氣動彈射裝置」,用壓縮空氣把人彈出去
- bullet squib:「模擬中彈的小型爆裂裝置」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 2 段These people were not trained to perform stunts, so they often tried out things for the first time during the actual shooting.這些人沒受過特技訓練,所以常在實際拍攝時第一次嘗試。
- be trained to V:「受訓去…」
- try out:「試驗」
- actual shooting:「實際拍攝」
- for the first time:「第一次」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 4 段However, CGI has difficulties of its own, and there will always be a demand for the realism and thrilling sensation of an actual stunt.然而,CGI 本身也有困難,大家對真實特技的真實感與刺激感,會一直有需求。
- difficulties of its own:「它自己的困難」
- there will always be a demand for…:「永遠會有對…的需求」
- realism:「真實感」
- thrilling sensation:「令人興奮的刺激感」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Such demand increased with the rise of western movies, and many cowboys with masterful skills on horseback found a new career as a stunt person.隨著西部片興起,這種需求增加,許多騎術高超的牛仔找到了特技演員這個新職業。
- the rise of…:「…的興起」
- western movies:「西部片」
- masterful skills on horseback:「高超的騎馬技術」,on horseback 是「騎在馬背上」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 4 段Today, CGI (computer generated imagery) is widely used in filmmaking, and it is now possible to create very lifelike scenes without using real stunt people.如今 CGI(電腦合成影像)廣泛用於電影製作,不用真的特技演員也能創造非常逼真的場景。
- CGI:computer generated imagery 的縮寫
- it is possible to V:「有可能…」
- without using…:「不用…」
- 111 學測|文意選填|第 3 段Beginning around 1910, audiences developed a taste for serial action movies, which called for the use of dedicated stunt people to perform in dangerous scenes.大約從 1910 年起,觀眾開始喜歡連續動作片,這類電影需要專職的特技演員來演危險場景。
- beginning around 1910:「大約從 1910 年開始」
- develop a taste for…:「養成對…的喜好」
- call for…:「需要…」,call 是「叫」,for 是「為了」,為了某樣東西而叫喚,就是「要求、需要」
- dedicated:「專職的」
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